Street-indicating device.



G. H. DOYLE.

l STREET INDIO/:WINGl DEVICE. .APPLIUATVION FILED JAN. 18. 1909i A9519590 Patented Mar.8,1919.

UNITED srarps yrariartr OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY DOYLE, 0F PARDEEVILLE, WISC01\TSl[]\`l'.

STREET-INDICATING lDE'VIJIEL a device of the character described whichmay be arranged in any convenient and conspieuous place in the car, preferably at the forward end portion thereof,the same being adapted to be operated by either the conductor or the motormangof the car.

A further object of;A 1y invention is to provide a device of `gthe character stated which Will be "of great etleieney'xand which' will be extremely siunple'tof construction,

hence of lo ost to manufacture. t Other ob cts Willtappear hereinafter.

`With these objects 1n viewfiny invention consists generally in a preferably rectangular frame or casing in which is rotatably mounted a pair of rollers, adapted to carry a curtain upon which is arranged in succession the names of the streets crossed by the car in which the device is arranged, 'said rollers being adapted to be rotated bythe conductor or motorman as the car progresses so as to indicate the name of each street immediately before the car crosses the same. My invention further consists in certain details of construction and arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter `fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

My invention will be more' readily under'- stood by reference to the accompanying drawings formin r a part of this specification, and in whic Figure 1 is a pers ective View of the preferred form of my evice. lFig. 2 is a rear elevation of an end portion thereof, and F ig.

, 8 is an end elevation thereof, portions being broken away construction.

Referrin now to the drawings 1 indicates a preferab y rectangular frame or casing opened at both front and rear, the same being preferably formed of Wood, although so as to better illustrate its Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 18, 1909. Serial N o. 472,795.

atented Mar. 8, 1910.

any other dsuitable material may be used in its construction. Provided in either of the side or vertically disposed portions 2 of the frame 1 are rearwardly opening silnilarly shaped, preferably angular slots or recesses El, the slots provided in one side of said frame being in transverse or horizontal alinement with corresponding slots provided in the opposite side thereof.

4. indicates rollers, preferably formed" o t' wood, the reduced eml portions 5 thereof being ada )ted to be inserted and to rest snugly in the orward depressed end portion (i of the. slots 3. 'l`he shoulders formed by the reduced portions 5 will prevent longitudinal movelnent of the rollers. ln order lo guard against accidental displacement. ot' the rollers 4, and further in order to act as a bnshing or lining for the slots so as to prevent wear thereon, .l provide cach of said slots with metal s ring members 7 the same being secured t ierein, preferably by means of screws 8. liv such provision it is obvious that said rollers may be readily and easily removed or replaced, the same being, when in position in said slots, guarded against possible accidental displacement, because of the jarring and jolting of the street car.-

'lhe spring members 7 also serve as friction brakes for the rollers t to prevent accidental rotary displacement thereof. Carried by said rollers, that is carried thereon, is a flexible strip or curtain 9, preferably of cloth although not necessarily. Arranged upon .said curtain, in succession are -the names of, the streets crossed by the car in which the device is to be arranged.

The device being arranged and secured in a conspicuous place in the car, as the latter nears its various street crossings, the motel'- man or conductor, by means of the handpieces 10 provided at either of the ends of the rollers 4, turns theproper roller, thereby winding the curtain thereon and unwinding it from the other, until the name of the street appears, thus indicating to the passengers the next street to be crossed by the car. By 'the provision of a device of such construction it is obvious that, because of its inexpensiveness, a frame 1 may be arranged at either end of a car hence at the end of a' he car proceeds 1n the.

`time at all. I-Iowever, if desired, the whole y device may be removable. (Upon the return trip of the ear it is levident that the curtain will be wound in the opposite direction, as the order ofthe streets crossed is reversed.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my device, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as there might be many changes made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention.` 4And though I have described and designed my device with special reference to street cars, in the indication of the streets crossed thereby, I may use the same for any other purpose to which it is applicable. As for instance, if desired, the device may be used on railway trains to indicate the stations at which the train will stop, in which event the names of stations instead of streets will be arranged upon the curtain, such applicationbeing entirely within the scope of my invention. L

Having described my invention what I claimas new and desire to secure by Let- .tersl Patent is:

i GERGE HENRY DOYLE.

Witnesses: Y i

' JOHN J. WRIGHT,

BERT FORCE. 

